turquoise
See also: Turquoise
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- Turkies (archaic)
Etymology edit
From Middle French turquoise, from Old French (pierre) turquoise (“Turkish (stone)”), from turc + -ois. The stone, mined near Nishapur in the Khorasan region of Persia, was originally brought to Europe through Turkey. Doublet of Turkish.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪz/, /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪs/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪz/, /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪs/
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Noun edit
turquoise (countable and uncountable, plural turquoises)
- (countable) A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
- 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, page 128:
- Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
- (countable and uncountable) A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
- turquoise:
Synonyms edit
- (colour): blue-green, green-blue, greenish blue, turquoise blue
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
gemstone
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colour
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Further reading edit
Adjective edit
turquoise (comparative more turquoise, superlative most turquoise)
- Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
- Having a pale greenish-blue colour.
Translations edit
made of turquoise
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having a pale greenish-blue colour
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See also edit
- (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre (Category: en:Blues)
- augite
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French turquois, from turc + -ois.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
turquoise f (plural turquoises)
- turquoise (gemstone)
Descendants edit
Noun edit
turquoise m (plural turquoises)
- turquoise (colour)
Adjective edit
turquoise (invariable)
- turquoise-colored
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “turquoise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
turquoise (masculine turquoisen, neuter turquoiset, comparative méi turquoise, superlative am turquoisesten)
See also edit
wäiss | gro | schwaarz |
rout | orange; brong | giel |
gréng | ||
turquoise | blo (hellblo, himmelblo) | blo (donkelblo) |
violett; indigo | magenta; mof | rosa; pink |
Middle French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French turquois.
Noun edit
turquoise f (plural turquoises)
- turquoise (precious stone)